Hasp-hook.



L. L. GILLEY & S J. BRION.

' .HASP HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED APB..9, 191a,

41,102,720. Patented July 7, 191.4

(June/who'd zzflm JJBZMJ .J the following to be a rrnn STA LEON I1. CILLEY AND SAMUEL J'. BRION,

01" Anmson', NEW YORK.

HASP-HO K.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented July "1 1914.

Application filed April 9, 113. Serial No. 760,027.

To all whom; it may concern Be it known that we, SAMUEL J. Baron, citizens States, residing at of Steuben, State of New LEON L. GILLEY and of the United Addison, in the county York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hitsp-HoOks; and

full, description of the invention, able others skilled in ertains to make and his invention is we do hereby declare clear, and exact such as Wlll enthe art to which it apuse the same.

directed to improvements in hooks especially adapted-for use in connection with The invention struct a hook of manner .that the same,

screen doors. has for its object to conthis character in such a when engaging the fastening eye will be prevented from becomunhooked.

ing accidentall ject of the 'A. further 0 invention is to form a hook of thiseharacter from asin le length of metal being so formed that file free end thereof when engaged in the keeper will be firmly hooked, but disengaged when desired.

may be readily WVith these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel combination and arto be hereinafter more claimed and illustrated in construction, formation, rangement of'parts fully described, the accompanyin I Figure 1 is a showing the drawing,

features of in which iront elevation of the hook same in the. position previous to its engagement with the keeper. Fig. 2 1s a similar view,

the keeper being shown in section and the hook engaged therewith.

Referring to the drawing,

the door jamb and 2 designates a portion of the side rail of a screen d The hook comprises a shank the numeral 1 oor or the like. 3 having one of its ends formed with an eye 4 Which interlocks with the sc'rew eye bein fastened to the door the ook may freely swing.

of the shank 3 terminates in a jamb 1 so that The other end hook 6 which is split so as to provide relilient furcations 7 The furcations 7 are iormed intermediate their lower ends with shoulders 8 which terminate in inclined arms 9. The inclined arms 9 terminate in convergmgly arranged fingers 10, and owing to the fact that the furcations 7 are resilient sai d fingers will be Theld spaced a in Fig. 1 it is only necessary time the fingers said screw eye art previous to, and after engagement wit the fastening eye or keeper 31 which is attached to the side rail 2 of the oor.

Then it is desired. to latch the door, and when the hook is in the position as shown to swing the same so that the fingers 1O engage the keeper 11, whereupon exerting slight pressure upon the hook the inclined arms 9 will engage the keeper and force the fingers toward each other, after which the hook assumes the position as shown in Fig. 2, and at which have expanded so that shoulders 8 engage the under side of the keeper, thus preventing the accidental disengagement of the hook from the keeper. To unlatchthe hook it is only necessary to grasp the fingers 10 and force them toward each other, thereby disengaging the shoulders 8 from the keeper and permitting the hook to be readily disengaged so that the door can be opened.

It is obvious that upon windows, screen doors, and further that when the de vice is in use the door or window to which it is attached cannot side.

What is claimed is A device of the class described'comp'rising a body having formed atone end an eye for interlocking with an eye, the other end of said body portion terminating in a hook formed with resilient "furc'ations, shoulders formed upon the lower ends of the furcations and terminating in inclined arms which in turn terminate in normally spaced fingers, a keeper through which-the normally spaced fingers pass, said keeper when engaging the inclined arms force the fingers together to permit the shoulders to move toward each other to pass through the keeper for engagement therewith.

LEON L. CILLEY. SAMUEL l. BRION.

\Vitnesses F. J. WALKER,

C. B. TAYLOR.

be opened from the out- 75 the device can be used blinds or doors other than 

